List your experiences with lesson planing (e.g., organization skills, would took longer than you thought, how long it took, availability of resources, usefulness of lesson plan format)

  • Helped with prep (24)
  • AT thought the UOIT template was excessive (25)
  • Never got through the lesson that I had planned/sometimes (20)
  • Had to make small notes of the lesson plan to take up with me while teaching because it was too much to read through while teaching (17)
  • Felt like the lesson plan forced you to include sections to your plan (for instance, the consolidation portion of the class) that didn't really fit and felt forced into the lesson while teaching. (26)
  • Too much photocopying (11)
  • Smaller activities incorporated into the lesson plan that didn't need a lot of prep (ex. IEP modifications/accommodations) (7)
  • Incorporated hands-on activities and manipulatives in the lesson plan. (22)
  • Made overview of a unit to decide which topics would be taught on what days. (7)
  • Jigsaw Groups (2)